Mississippi's K-12 teachers lobbied hard for a $4000 across-the-board raise this legislative session.  After all, it's an election year, when even stingy, "anti-big-government" legislators like to strike their most generous poses.  Instead the teachers got a mere $1500 raise, less than 40% of their ask. Joyce Helmick, president of the Mississippi Association of Educators, was … Continue reading When will Mississippi public school teachers get more militant?